What is rosacea? Rosacea is a chronic skin condition that mostly affects the face. It causes long-term redness, visible blood vessels, and sometimes small, pus-filled bumps or papules. If you have rosacea, your symptoms might flare up for weeks or months, and then fade away for a while. This said, rosacea can raise a lot … [Read more…]
With advances in genetics, it is now possible to reduce the risk of a future baby suffering from a genetic disease. Dr Belén Lledó, Scientific Director at Instituto Bernabeu and Director of IB Biotech: ‘We are all carriers of recessive diseases, and they become a problem when both parents share mutations in the same gene’. … [Read more…]
In a sobering look at risk factors for heart disease and stroke, new projections estimate that 6 out of 10 women will develop at least one type of cardiovascular disease over the next 25 years. Moreover, disease will show up at younger ages. By 2050, nearly one-third of girls from ages 2 to 19 will … [Read more…]
A reader — I’ll call him Jack — recently asked my thoughts on his plans to pursue treatment with lecanemab for his mild cognitive impairment caused by Alzheimer’s disease. So we set up a call to discuss what it is like to live beset by the threat of Alzheimer’s disease, but also the promise of … [Read more…]
Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy was cleared by U.S. regulators on Friday to treat an increasingly common liver disease, adding to the list of conditions for which the blockbuster therapy is now approved. The Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to Wegovy for patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, or MASH, with moderate to advanced … [Read more…]